Rhabdopleura striata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Hemichordata |
Class: | Pterobranchia |
Order: | Rhabdopleurida |
Family: | Rhabdopleuridae |
Genus: | Rhabdopleura |
Species: | R. striata
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Binomial name | |
Rhabdopleura striata Schepotieff, 1909
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Rhabdopleura striata is a sessile hemichordate. It is a suspension feeder that secretes tubes on the ocean floor.[1][2]
Rhabdopleura striata is known only from a single collection from coral reefs off the coast of northern Sri Lanka.[3]